Box for Nostalgia by Annika Schmidt

Cleaning out our closet this weekend we came across an ex-box, a cardboard box filled with old articles, emails, photographs, a shirt, the reminders of an old relationship which we'd like to keep but which we'd prefer to keep out of sight for now. Here's the perfect way to do it...

Designed by Annika Schmidt, it's the perfect marriage of form and dys-function. Doing double duty as a hanger, we think it beats a box shoved onto a upper shelf. In our small closet, we'd also use it to store less painful items (old tax returns come to mind). Via DesignSpotter

[Image by Jessica Clements via Annika Schmidt]

Comments (10)

Could be a clever way to stash valuables away too...

posted by bepsf on July 29th 2008 at 1:02pm
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AT (Maxwell) please allow your team to write in the first person now and then. This entry just comes off as awful written in the royal we.

Please. It would honestly make your site so much more appealing.

posted by Jose A on July 29th 2008 at 1:05pm
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YES! I too cannot stand the royal WE!!!!

posted by *heather leaf* on July 29th 2008 at 2:59pm
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Here here for the dismissal of the royal we.

It might not be so annoying if it weren't so heavily relied upon here.

Read Sararae's posts - she finds an angle to tell her story rather than just spill out information that starts with "I like this, I like that." Which is then changed to the royal we.

A good writer tells a story. Tell us about the product, or the concept or the discovery instead of just telling us you like it or found it.

posted by clickchick on July 29th 2008 at 3:21pm
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Yay Annika! I always loved you're work, glad to see you're off to a great start in your career!

posted by Sengelke on July 30th 2008 at 1:56am
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It's pretty difficult to commit that much space on the horizontal. What's wrong with a box? It can be cardboard or something more substantial, you choose what your items are worth to you INSIDE your closet, INSIDE of a box. It's just, when you think about storage in the closet, you usually run out of room on the rod before above and below and behind it. This would work if you don't have such limitations, or if for some reason, you prioritize these things. It could work for accessories, for example, something related to your clothing that helps you get out into the world.

posted by K T G on July 30th 2008 at 4:08am
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I agree with KTG; my clothes are already crammed onto the rod. There's no space for that box. Maybe if you hang it on a hook on the door.

The royal we doesn't bother me. For me, it's so ubiquitous that it disappears.

posted by jooly on July 30th 2008 at 5:26am
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Why use valuable closet rod space for stuff that doesn't need to hang? Totally nonsensical.

"Sweetheart, could you get me my white blouse? It's hanging next to the box of old tax returns."

WTF?

I enjoy reading AT but lately the site has been giving me more ideas about what not to do.

posted by Griffin on July 30th 2008 at 5:35am
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I think this is a nice idea for keepsakes if you have a space in your closet for it. Maybe you collect opera tickets. Or post-cards. Or have saved some love letters. Or snapshots. Or birthday cards. If you've got the space, it's sweet. If not, then skip it.

But for cryin' out loud, the snarky tone in some of these posts is truly nonsense.

posted by kimg924 on July 30th 2008 at 12:28pm
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PS -- "Doing double duty as a hanger...."

Can this in fact double as a coat hanger? Hey, then way cool!

posted by kimg924 on July 30th 2008 at 12:31pm
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